December 1st to December 12th is #12DaysofCozies. Twelve days of complete coziness: daily giveaways, cozy challenges, nightly reading sprints, and lots more!
Readers and authors can participate in a number of ways! You can tweet along, post on Instagram, and/or offer something (Book, Mug, etc.) as part of a giveaway!
Welcome to the fun!
Meet the authors!
The giveaways!
Giveaways. Every. Single. Day. All. Day!
GET THE SWAG!
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7:00 AM EST: NEWSLETTER EMAILED + BLOG POSTS WRITTEN BY COZY MYSTERY AUTHORS GO LIVE
8:00 AM EST: TWITTER GIVEAWAY IS POSTED
10:00 AM EST: INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY IS POSTED
5:00 TO 8:00 PM EST: READING SPRINTS
8:00 TO 9:00 PM EST: AUTHOR CHAT
You can see the running Twitter feed here.
Every evening, cozy mystery authors joined book club members to chat all things cozy and Christmas on Twitter.
These are just some of the photos taken by our talented book club members!
You can see the running Instagram feed here.
You Can Read all of the 12 Days of Cozies Posts over on The Cozy Mystery Book Club Website.
December 1st
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Heather Redmond, audiobook of a Christmas Carol Murder (Winner: Andrea Kalmbach)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Peggy Ehrhart, Holiday Gift Cake in Handmade Gift Bag
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Vicki Delany, Dying in a Winterwonderland (Winner: Kim Heniadis)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Peggy Ehrhart, Christmas Card Murder (Winner: Jessica @mrsnufer)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Vicki Delany
December 2nd
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Heather Redmond, eBook of A Tale of Two Murders (Winner: carolemarples@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Heather Redmond, Baking the Best Holiday Memories
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Catherine Bruns, Ginger Snapped to Death (Winner: Lisa Frieze)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Elizabeth Duncan, A Killer’s Christmas in Wales (Winner: Tracy @cooking_with_my_cozys)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Catherine Bruns, Heather Redmond, Elizabeth J Duncan, and Heather Day Gilbert
December 3rd
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Jackie Layton, Bite the Dust (Winner: robynrunstedler@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Heather Day Gilbert, Christmas Tree Farms…and True Love
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Heather Day Gilbert, Iced Over (Winner: Hooked on Books @SummerHedrick)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Sarah Fox, An Ale of Two Cities (Winner: Megan Byrd @mrsbyrd1105)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Melissa Bourbon/Winnie Archer and Jackie Layton
Newsletter Bonus Winners:
@readerspace1
Renee @Scarlett_Knits
Mary-Ann Maronski@MaryAnnMaronski
December 4th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Harper Kincaid, audiobook To Kill a Mocking Girl (Winner: Cdseal01@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Robert J. Smith, Petectives
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: ML Erdahl ebook, Winter Takes All (Winner: Micah Francis aka @mfrancis1218 on Twitter)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: A Christmas Carol Murder by Heather Redmond, print book curtesy of Kensington (Winner: Johanna aka @cozymysterycorner on Instagram)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: ML Erdahl, Robert J. Smith, and Harper Kincaid
December 5th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: ML Erdahl Audiobook, Winter Takes All (Winner: cozycup@*****.com.)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: ML Erdahl, Dos and Don’ts of Writing Cozy Mysteries
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Misty Simon, Varnished Without a Trace (Winner: Melissa Norr)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Harper Kincaid, eBook To Kill A Mocking Girl (Winner: Shaylee Mann @shayydeniece)
10:00 AM AUTHOR CHAT: Amy Patricia Meade, Carol E Ayer, and Sharon Farrow.
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Misty Simon
December 6th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Amy Patricia Meade, ebook The Christmas Fair Killer (Winner: dudette58@*****.com.)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Lily Ashton, Christmas Traditions & Sharon Farrow, Have Yourself a Merry Read
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Liz Ireland, Santaland Slayings (Winner: Jen Jingle Baldwin @witchee1014)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Jenny Kales, Spiced and Iced (Winner: @all.the.lovely.pages.)
10:00 AM AUTHOR CHAT: Sara Rosett
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Liz Ireland
December 7th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Sara Rosett, ebook Death in an English Countryside (Winner: Wyrmbergsabrina@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Nancy Coco, Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Nancy Coco, Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas (Winner: jillrith @jillrith)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Sharon Farrow, Hollyberry Homicide (Winner: @tamsterdam_reads_)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Nancy Coco and Sarah Fox
December 8th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Lily Ashton, ebook Paint a Murder (Winner: injennius@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Sybil Johnson, Sand. Surf. Christmas
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Sybil Johnson, Ghosts of Painting Past (Winner: Paula Niziolek aka @RainyDayPaula on Twitter)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Tracy Gardner Christmas Gift (Winner: Jenn @booksandteatimewon)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Sybil Johnson, Susan McCormick, and Tracy Gardner
December 9th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Sara Rosett, audiobook Murder at Archly Manor (Winner: francesca_stewart3@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: JC Kenney, The Joy of Anticipation and Victoria Gilbert, What’s a Holiday Without Pie?
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Tina Kashian, Hummus and Homicide (Winner: Stephanie aka @magicofcode)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: JC Kenney ebook, A Deadly Discovery (Winner: @sleuthinginthecle)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Tina Kashian, JC Kenney, and Victoria Gilbert
Bonus Giveaway: Curtesy of the fabulous Harper Kincaid. Ashley (@ashwoood on Twitter) won an audiobook of Harper Kincaid's To Kill a Mocking Girl
December 10th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: audiobook of Harper Kincaid’s To Kill a Mocking Girl (Winner: edwardsbrunette20@*****.com)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Carol E. Ayer Writing a Highly Sensitive Protagonist and Melissa Bourbon Ruff Drafts
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Maddie Day, Candy Slain Murder (Winner: Holly aka @CraftyMamaBird on Twitter)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Robert J. Smith, Petectives (Winner: @coffeecoziesandcrime)
Twitter Giveaway: Traci Wilton and Patrice Hall, paperback copy of Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past and a $15.00 Amazon Gift Card from Patrice (Winner: Sandra H aka @coffeeandjames on Twitter)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Maddie Day and Traci Wilton (aka Traci Hall and Patrice Wilton)
December 11th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Nicole Assilin, ebook Murder at First Pitch (Winner: Vonnie Jeffers)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Liz Ireland, Some Childhood Wishes Never Die and Susan McCormick The Twelve Days of Christmas, San Francisco & Seattle Style
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Carol E Ayer. Peppermint Cream Die (Winner: Leaf aka @readingwmrsleaf)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Carlene O Connor/Mary Carter, Blarney Woolen Mills giveaway (Patricia Colohan aka @PattiColohan)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Carlene O Connor/Mary Carter
Kensington Grand Prize Winners: Mary Baza & Shaylee Mann
December 12th
7:00 AM Newsletter Giveaway: Susan King, ebook Marrow Jam (Winner: janenilsson@comcast.net)
7:00 AM Newsletter Blog Post: Catherine Bruns’s A Christmas Meal Fit for a Cozy Mystery Fan, Carlene O’Connor’s 12 Days of Cozies Note, and Jessica Thompson’s Subverting Expectations in Satisfying Ways,
8:00 AM Twitter Giveaway: Lee Hollis, Christmas Card Murder (Winner: Jorie, the Joyful Tweeter aka @joriestory on Twitter)
10 AM Instagram Giveaway: Jessica Thompson, 1 paperback book + 1 eBook (Winner: paperback book Christine Keck aka @christinebookshelfies on Instagram and the eBook winner is @msbrandialex83 on Instagram)
10 AM Author Chat: Nicole Assilin, Lee Hollis and Susan A King
2 PM Twitter Giveaway: Victoria Gilbert, A Deadly Edition (Winner: Rebekah Mackenzie aka @RebekahMackenz7 on Twitter)
8:00 to 9:00 PM Author Chat: Jessica Thompson
Bonus Winners:
Alicia aka @awright73 on Twitter
